outstandingadjective
uk/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/us/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/outstanding adjective (EXCELLENT)
B2 clearly very much better than what is usual:
an outstanding performance/writer/novel/year
It's an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Synonym
excellent
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- The region is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty.
- Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world.
- He produced the outstanding performance of the match.
- He gave an outstanding speech to the other directors.
- Passing her exams was an outstanding achievement.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Extremely good
- admirable
- amazing
- ask for sb/sth
- award-winning
- awesome
- bowl
- brilliant
- incomparable
- incredible
- inspired
- irreplaceable
- life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
- parallel
- sick
- sterling
- superb
- superlatively
- supremacy
- supreme
- terrific
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outstanding adjective (NOT FINISHED)
not yet paid, solved, or done:
$450 million in outstanding debts
There are still a couple of problems outstanding.
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- Any outstanding library fines must be paid before you can graduate.
- There are a number of outstanding problems that still need to be resolved.
- They believe that all the outstanding issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.
- He calculated the difference between the outstanding debts and credits.
- She used the money to pay off the outstanding amount on her mortgage.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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outstandingly
adverb uk/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ.li/us/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ.li/
He was an outstandingly successful mayor from 1981 to 1984.